Microsoft has been fined $32 million by South Korea’s fair trade commision. They are calling for Microsoft to either remove the Media Player and Instant Messenger from Windows, or include competing software. Microsoft has said that such changes may require it to “delay offering new versions in South Korea”, or withdraw Windows from the South Korea market entirely.

Sony DRM Rootkit -- it's worseI did this as updates to an earlier post, but it probably deserves it's own post now. The morning brought us the news of SERIOUS flaws in the Uninstaller ActiveX control for Sony's DRM, then came news of ANOTHER flaw, this one a privilige escalation "attacker can take control of......

Microsoft Updates Malicious software removal tool for zotobI just read that Microsoft has released an update to the Malicious software removal tool. The updated version is not yet available at Windows or Microsoft update, but from Microsoft's download center. It should be able to deal with the following new bugs... * Zotob.A * Zotob.B * Zotob.C *......

Microsoft to let PC users turn off IEA single check box deep in the guts of the next version of Windows is giving Microsoft Corp. watchers a peek at how the software maker plans to keep European antitrust regulators from marring a crucial software launch. Windows 7, the successor to the much-maligned Vista, isn't expected to reach consumers......

The "Asian Tigers" Revisited: South KoreaToday, it's the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China that are all the rage. Yet 15 years ago, it was another group of four economies -- Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong -- that were attracting the attention of global investors. The Asian Tigers became the first......

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